díoltas

Irish

Alternative forms

  • díghaltas, díoghaltas, díoghaltus (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Classical Gaelic díghaltas.[2] By surface analysis, díoghail +‎ -tas. Compare Scottish Gaelic dìoghaltas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʲiːl̪ˠt̪ˠəsˠ/
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈdʲiəl̪ˠt̪ˠəsˠ/[3]

Noun

díoltas m (genitive singular díoltais)

  1. vengeance, revenge
    Synonym: agairt
    imir díoltas ar ― to take vengeance on, avenge oneself on
    rún díoltais ― vow or design of vengeance
  2. retribution
    Synonym: agairt
  3. reprisal, retaliation

Declension

Declension of díoltas (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative díoltas díoltais
vocative a dhíoltais a dhíoltasa
genitive díoltais díoltas
dative díoltas díoltais
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an díoltas na díoltais
genitive an díoltais na ndíoltas
dative leis an díoltas
don díoltas 		leis na díoltais

Mutation

Mutated forms of díoltas
radical lenition eclipsis
díoltas dhíoltas ndíoltas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “díoltas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dígaltas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 81

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